Stephens County Commissioners will start their calendar year with their first meeting of 2015 this morning. The county commission is scheduled to meet today at 8:30 a.m. in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. County commissioners will begin with a work session to discuss items on today’s business...

The Stephens County High School wrestling team comes up just short in its bid to qualify for the state tournament. This past weekend, the Indians took part in the Area Duals at Buford High School. Stephens County went 1-2 during the tournament, just missing out on states. In the first round, the Indians lost...

The Stephens County Middle School basketball teams return to action tonight after a busy weekend. The 7th and 8th grade boys’ and girls’ teams were in action Friday against Franklin County and Saturday against Elbert County. In 7th grade girls’ action, Stephens County lost to Franklin County, 31-18. Brooklyn Deshazer had 7 points and...

Toccoa City Commissioners will get their calendar year started at a meeting later today. The city commission is scheduled to hold its first regular meeting of 2015 today at 5 p.m. at Toccoa City Hall. During the meeting, the city commission is expected to take up consideration of a number of regular yearly appointments....

The Toccoa Police Department receives a grant to help it with the purchase of some new equipment. Recently, the Toccoa Police Department announced it received a $10,000 grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety through that agency’s Small Agency Incentive Grant. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said the grant will help with...

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The new tax season is about to start. Internal Revenue Service Spokesman Mark Green said that the agency anticipates opening the 2015 filing season as scheduled later this month. “We anticipate accepting electronic and paper returns on January 20th,” Green said. “We do encourage taxpayers to hold off...